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Gruesome Find: 100 Bodies Stuffed into Ancient House [China]
www.livescience.com ^
| July 27, 2015 07:07am ET
| by Owen Jarus
Posted on 08/03/2015 9:46:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
The 5,000-year-old house found in China was about 14 by 15 feet in size. Credit: Photo courtesy Chinese Archaeology
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The remains of 97 human bodies have been found stuffed into a small 5,000-year-old house in a prehistoric village in northeast China, researchers report in two separate studies.
The bodies of juveniles, young adults and middle-age adults were packed together in the house smaller than a modern-day squash court before it burnt down. Anthropologists who studied the remains say a "prehistoric disaster," possibly an epidemic of some sort, killed these people.
The site, whose modern-day name is "Hamin Mangha," dates back to a time before writing was used in the area, when people lived in relatively small settlements, growing crops and hunting for food. The village contains the remains of pottery, grinding instruments, arrows and spearheads, providing information on their way of life. [In Photos: Remains of 'End of World' Epidemic Found in Ancient Egypt]
"Hamin Mangha site is the largest and best-preserved prehistoric settlement site found to date in northeast China," a team of archaeologists wrote in a translated report published in the most recent edition of the journal Chinese Archaeology (the original report appeared in Chinese in the journal Kaogu). In one field season, between April and November 2011, the researchers found the foundations of 29 houses, most of which are simple one-room structures containing a hearth and doorway.
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Archaeologists found nearly 100 bodies in a small house in northeast China. The house burned down at some point, leaving some of the bodies charred and deformed. Credit: Photo courtesy Chinese Archaeology
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TOPICS: History; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; ancientautopsies; china; ggg; godsgravesglyphs
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To: Red Badger
Someone needs to Photoshop the 911 Trade Tower guy in there.
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:09:55 AM PDT
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: Red Badger
Not to mention several century’s be for Mohammed.
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:10:52 AM PDT
by
exnavy
(Common sense seems to be uncommon these days.)
To: Red Badger
Thanks Red Badger.
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:11:52 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: exnavy
Not to mention several centurys be for Mohammed. Several millenia.....................
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:11:54 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Red Badger
That's
better!
But just you remember, we've got our eye on you...
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:13:16 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Maybe they ran out of bodies........................
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:13:54 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Red Badger
Maybe some emperor was playing a real-life version of Tetris...
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:14:51 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: Red Badger
Looks like a scene from The Killing Fields, about the communist takeover of Cambodia.
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:15:07 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: Red Badger
Or of course, the Holocaust.
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:15:48 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: Red Badger
Maybe they ran out of bodies........................ In China?
Get serious.
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:15:52 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: WayneS
Or a prehistoric version of 'Phone Booth Stuffing'...........................
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:18:53 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: WayneS
5000 years ago China didn’t exist yet...................
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08/03/2015 10:19:41 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
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08/03/2015 10:23:07 AM PDT
by
exnavy
(Common sense seems to be uncommon these days.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:25:00 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: Red Badger
Maybe they ran out of bodies...Yeah, as the other poster said, in China? Go get some more and fill the room up! Someone wasn't doing his/her job.
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:26:05 AM PDT
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MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: Red Badger
Oh sure, now you’re trying to confuse me with FACTS!
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posted on
08/03/2015 10:29:11 AM PDT
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WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: Red Badger
House?
Looks more like it could be a New York disco at 2:00 am.?
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08/03/2015 11:48:31 AM PDT
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TexasCajun
( “A liberal is someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do.“)
To: TexasCajun
Everybody Wang Chung tonight?......................
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08/03/2015 11:49:13 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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